| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 14 secs | 0 Comments
The letter to the Philippians is a popular one – there are no major doctrinal issues tackled and it is a thank you letter for a gift, that strangely doesn’t include thanks! Three things jump out at me as I read the introductory paragraphs of the book. Saints, Deacons and Elders The letter is addressed […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 19 secs | 0 Comments
It’s a big passage today! Paul starts off with two more calls to submission that demonstrate that we are filled with the Spirit. Children to parents Children are called to submit to parents in the Lord. “In the Lord” is the get out clause for not obeying them when it is sinful. Paul uses one […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 5 secs | 0 Comments
If you want to walk in the light not in the darkness, you need to go on being filled with the Spirit. Instead of getting drunk, which leads to debauched behaviour, keep getting filled with the Holy Spirit, who empowers walking in the light. That leads us to sing to each other – whether is […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 12 secs | 0 Comments
The first verse of today’s reading echoes the first verse of the chapter – live like your calling. We have been given, and re-born into, God’s wonderful grace; so now live in the light of grace. Live a life worthy of your calling. Don’t be like the Gentiles – as in those who don’t believe. […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 44 secs | 0 Comments
For the last three chapters Paul has been teaching us about grace and the glorious church, establishing who we are and what we are a part of. “Therefore” – shows us Paul is giving us the outworking of this grace and glorious church. Firstly he wants us to walk in a manner worthy of the […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 32 secs | 0 Comments
It was these next two chapters of Ephesians that gripped me with a revelation of the glorious church that I have lived with for three decades, and will continue with me to my dying breath! I was so saddened at the ‘Word on the Wash’ meeting (Sept 2018), to hear the speaker say, as a […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 8 secs | 0 Comments
We love to watch “Phil Spencer: Secret Agent”, where the property expert visits homes that aren’t selling and tells them why. Then over the next two weeks helps them make the property saleable. It’s a classic ‘before and after’ scenario – get rid of the naff carpets and bright paint jobs and go for neutral […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 55 secs | 0 Comments
Do you ever say “God bless!” to someone, or end an email to a Christian with “Blessings”. Sometimes I might say “Oh, bless!” when someone has done something a bit silly. Trouble is we may have made the word a bit meaningless and wet! The word ‘bless’ is pretty powerful! It means to pronounce words in […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 19 secs | 0 Comments
Christ’s Law We see Christ’s law stamped across Paul’s concluding statements in his letter to the Galatians. This law of Christ is of course love (Ch5v14), and it permeates through Paul’s instructions for how the Galatians and every believer should go on believing and doing. In fact it permeates the whole of the New Testament. […]